English Online Dictionary. What means fiscal? What does fiscal mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪskəl/
- Rhymes: -ɪskəl
- Hyphenation: fis‧cal
Etymology 1
From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.
Adjective
fiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal)
- Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
- fiscal matters
- fiscal lawyer
- fiscal system
- (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
- Being a fiscal year.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
- A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
- (Scots law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
- (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
Translations
Related terms
- fisc
See also
- finance, financial
Etymology 2
From Spanish fiscal, ultimately from Latin fiscus (“treasury”).
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
- (Philippines, law) A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).
Etymology 3
After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
- Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
Derived terms
- grey-backed fiscal
Translations
See also
- Lanius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lanius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- califs, cifals
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fisˈkal]
Adjective
fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscals)
- fiscal, tax
Noun
fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscals)
- (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
Derived terms
- fiscalia
Further reading
- “fiscal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fiscal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “fiscal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fiscal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fis.kal/
Adjective
fiscal (feminine fiscale, masculine plural fiscaux, feminine plural fiscales)
- fiscal, financial
Derived terms
- abri fiscal
- année fiscale
- évasion fiscale
- fraude fiscale
- paradis fiscal
Related terms
- fiscalité
Further reading
- “fiscal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- lascif
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: fis‧cal
Adjective
fiscal m or f (plural fiscais)
- fiscal (relating to taxes)
- Synonym: tributário
Derived terms
- fiscalizar
- fiscalização
- fiscalmente
Noun
fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscais)
- fiscal, inspector
Related terms
- fisco
Further reading
- “fiscal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fiscal. By surface analysis, fisc + -al.
Adjective
fiscal m or n (feminine singular fiscală, masculine plural fiscali, feminine and neuter plural fiscale)
- fiscal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fisˈkal/ [fisˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: fis‧cal
Adjective
fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscales)
- fiscal
- prosecuting
Derived terms
Noun
fiscal m (plural fiscales, feminine fiscal or fiscala, feminine plural fiscales or fiscalas)
- (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fiscal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10